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Rillettes -- traditional dish from France
Snacks & Appetizers ★ 4.3

Rillettes

Shredded pork potted in its own fat, spread on bread.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Le Mans, Tours
Salade Rachel -- traditional dish from France
Salads & Sides ★ 4.3

Salade Rachel

Parisian bistro starter of waxy potatoes, marinated herring, beetroot and cornichons, dressed with sharp shallot vinaigrette and horseradish.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Paris — 8th and 9th arrondissements, Sentier, Madeleine; brasserie tradition across France
Snacks & Appetizers ★ 4.3

Sauce Poivrade

Rooted in France, Sauce Poivrade is a sauce enjoyed for generations.

🇫🇷 France
Boudin Noir -- traditional dish from France
Meat & Grills ★ 4.2

Boudin Noir

Soft blood sausage pan-fried with apples.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Nationwide
Bresse Bleu -- traditional dish from France
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.2

Bresse Bleu

A creamy mild blue-veined cow's-milk cheese developed in the Bresse region of eastern France in the early 1950s.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Bresse region, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France; widely produced under license abroad
Cabécou -- traditional dish from France
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.2

Cabécou

A small soft goat's-milk cheese from the Quercy region of southwestern France, with a tangy, almost lemony flavor.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Quercy, Lot department, southwestern France
Salads & Sides ★ 4.2

Crique Ardéchoise

Crique Ardéchoise is a traditional potato dish from France.

🇫🇷 France
Escargots Bourguignonne -- traditional dish from France
Seafood ★ 4.2

Escargots Bourguignonne

Escargots Bourguignonne are Burgundy snails baked in garlic-parsley butter, a celebrated French appetiser served with crusty baguette.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Burgundy
Escargots de Bourgogne -- traditional dish from France
Snacks & Appetizers ★ 4.2

Escargots de Bourgogne

Snails baked in garlic-parsley butter, a Burgundian classic.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Burgundy
Gâteau Nantais -- traditional dish from France
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.2

Gâteau Nantais

Gâteau Nantais is a cake from France.

🇫🇷 France
Jambon de L'Ardéche -- traditional dish from France
Meat & Grills ★ 4.2

Jambon de L'Ardéche

Dry-cured ham from the Cévennes hill country south of Lyon — pigs finished on chestnuts, aged nine to eighteen months in oak smoke.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Ardèche (Cévennes and Vivarais hills, southern Rhône-Alpes)
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.2

Mâconnais

Rooted in France, Mâconnais is a cheese enjoyed for generations.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Burgundy
Breads & Pastries ★ 4.2

Pain de Campagne

Pain de Campagne is one of the classic dishes in the bread tradition of France.

🇫🇷 France
Soumaintrain -- traditional dish from France
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.2

Soumaintrain

Soumaintrain is a soft Burgundy cow’s-milk cheese with a washed orange rind, a pungent aroma and a creamy, runny interior, born near Chablis.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Burgundy (Yonne, near Chablis)
Tomme de Chèvre de Savoie -- traditional dish from France
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.2

Tomme de Chèvre de Savoie

Rooted in France, Tomme de Chèvre de Savoie is a cheese enjoyed for generations.

🇫🇷 France
Veau du Limousin -- traditional dish from France
Meat & Grills ★ 4.2

Veau du Limousin

Veau du Limousin is one of the classic dishes in the fresh meat tradition of France.

🇫🇷 France
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.1

Cornuelle

Cornuelle is a traditional cookie from France.

🇫🇷 France
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.1

Faisselle

Loose-curd French fresh cheese drained in the pierced ceramic basket that gives it its name, served with crème fraîche in summer.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Provence and Brittany (countrywide in summer)
Ficelle Picarde -- traditional dish from France
Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.1

Ficelle Picarde

Ficelle Picarde is one of the classic dishes in the pancake tradition of France.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Picardy
Fromager D'Affinois -- traditional dish from France
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.1

Fromager D'Affinois

French double-cream made by ultrafiltration — silky and spreadable on the day it leaves the dairy, from the Isère in the Dauphiné.

🇫🇷 France · 📍 Dauphiné — Isère (Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux area)
Le Frésinat -- traditional dish from France
Meat & Grills ★ 4.1

Le Frésinat

Rooted in France, Le Frésinat is a pork dish enjoyed for generations.

🇫🇷 France
Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.1

Pays D'Auge - Cambremer

Pays D'Auge - Cambremer is a traditional cider from France.

🇫🇷 France
Pieds Paquets -- traditional dish from France
Meat & Grills ★ 4.1

Pieds Paquets

Rooted in France, Pieds Paquets is an offal dish enjoyed for generations.

🇫🇷 France
Racotin -- traditional dish from France
Cheese & Dairy ★ 4.1

Racotin

Racotin is one of the classic dishes in the cheese tradition of France.

🇫🇷 France